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        <commentBody><![CDATA[Okra is hairy and slimy.<br /><br />I fear it.]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody>The cryptic crosswords seem to provoke more discussion than most Second Sunday puzzles, probably because getting the correct letters into the squares doesn’t mean one has solved the clue. There is a blog for each daily and Second Sunday puzzle, however.  </commentBody>
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        <commentBody>I hereby retract this comment. (So there are still only 19.)</commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[this one was simply good clean *fun* -- even if i was thrown by the [bird...basket] set up.  quite wonderful, that.  posted this over at amy's blog, but this seems to be poetry-loving group and i think you'll enjoy it.  it's a little dorothy parker quatrain ("Comment") and it came to mind in connection with the "OH, SURE"/["And I'm the Queen of England"] combo:<br /><br />Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,<br />A medley of extemporanea;<br />And love is a thing that can never go wrong;<br />And I am Marie of Roumania.<br /><br />congrats, patrick and rebecca, on another impressive and happy-making showing!<br /><br />;-)]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody>It's about time that the administration did something to disuade Wall Street from exploiting Main Street by its consummate greed as evidenced by further attempts to extract egregious bonuses.  Wall Street should invest its profits by alleviating the horrible mess it created through irresponsible mortgage bundles and credit default swaps. If ever there was a time for greater control of Wall Street that time has come.  The bogus argument that without bonuses talented personnel will flee to other employers.  Let's call their bluff and let them go elsewhere.  Who would hire such brigands when our nation's economy has been on the brink of a depression?</commentBody>
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        <display_name>Edwin A. Hollatz</display_name>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[Give 'em a choice: Pay a risk task, same as concept (now gutted alas) of the supertankers paying into Superfund, with the fund used to pay for  clean-up of the inevitable periodic oil spill and "dumping," petrochemical industry style.  The banks should pay a stiff charge against knowingly slicing and selling hugely risky instruments.<br /><br />OR... let them come under RICO statutes, starting immediately. There's been one ungodly huge conspiracy amongst these firms for years, with the sole goal of removing as much money from the American commonwealth as possible and pocketing it for their own "ancien regime" lifestyle. Wall St. is one big giant swindle - a casino - a Madoff scheme. If they're as smart as they pretend (when paying themselves 5 million dollar bonuses), they know it. If they don't know it, they clearly are not nearly so valuable as those giving out bonuses claim.<br /><br />RICO - or RIGOROUSLY RENEWED REGULATION.<br /><br />(Brought to you by the letter 'R'!)]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody>To All:  Gentlemen many of you still hold sub-prime mortgages that are at very high interest rates.  Why do you refuse to allow those borrowers who are not in default to refinance to a 30-year fixed at lets say even 6%?  This would save $100's of dollars for many homeowners and you still make a reasonable profit?  Especially when you can borrow from the Fed at 0%?  How can you sit there and say you are helping these borrowers when you refuse to do something so reasonable.  And if you tell me you are doing just that, what phone number or e-mail address can borrowers watching reach you at if they have been told differently?</commentBody>
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        <commentBody>The question to ask is: Who Stole The People's Money?</commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[Let's have the banks turn over that money to Washington, and then do a TARP for the average American - buy up MY sour assets, baby! Let me do that fuzzy-math "mark" down thing, whereby I claim to my creditors that my assets are worth a million, then whine to the government that they now total zero.<br /><br />Just make our non-wealthy person money woes go where theirs went - poof! No more! It's BONUS TIME!!!   ]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[Let us get away from private profits and public loss model of Wall Street.<br /><br />Rewards should be based on performance and risks identified. Higher risks should equate to deferred payments of bonus and salaries. Investment bankers ask investors to invest for long term.<br /><br />This would sit along side increases in the quantity and quality of regulatory capital, substantial increases in capital against trading book assets, the leverage ratio and countercyclical capital, proposals for contingent capital, the increase in lower yielding liquid assets banks are required to hold, the increased borrowing costs of a lengthened funding profile, potential costs from living wills and the cost of expanding the scope of the financial services compensation scheme to pay for bank resolution arrangements and the prospect of pre-funding.<br /><br />There is already a question about whether the totality of new regulatory measures may unduly impede banks' ability to lend and their ability to contribute to the right conditions being created for a return to economic growth.<br /><br />The proposal also appears to be based on an assumption of shared fiscal responsibility for cross border intervention. We understand the likelihood of international consensus on this to be slim. Therefore a more focused approach to burden sharing through colleges of supervisors may be more realistic.<br /><br />This is before we consider the technical difficulties previously identified were the proposed levy to take the form of a financial transaction tax.<br /><br />Bailouts should mean higher taxes and fees for banks - bank shareholders will pay attention to casino gambling aspects of risk taking. Government/Taxpayers should be rewarded for saving the skin of bankers - it should be an equitable price for the risk-rescue cost of funds. After a bailout, profits and bonuses should be paid to the taxpayers.<br /><br />Rewards should be based on 3 to 5 year performance rather than yearly gratification.<br /><br />Mo Aahmed]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[<br />For Jamie Dimon:<br /><br />What is the contingency plan should the prices of gold and silver move significantly higher? How does JPM plan to cover its massive, galactic-sized short positions in these commodities without destroying the Comex markets? And destablizing the commodities markets worldwide?<br /><br />Does this contingency plan in any way entail more and massive taxpayers contributions to prevent any loss to JPM and JPM shareholders? ]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[Excellent article, Andrew - thank you.<br /><br />I would; however, suggest one more question for the entire group - how do we know that you're telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?<br />]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[So, the guy who looked like Popeye finally admits the obvious. So?<br />The 90s and early Aughts were all about chemical enhancements in the majority of sports.<br /><br />In fact, chemical  enhancement and 'cure' is a societal scourge... from lactose intolerance, to limp weenies, to bad moods.... got a complaint? Take a pill. So why is it a shock to see it in baseball? Seriously.<br /><br />What McGwire REALLY needs to do is get RID of that idiotic goatee! With that gone, his rehab will be complete.]]></commentBody>
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        <display_name>Mr. Reeee</display_name>
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        <commentBody>For those who feel that McGuire should eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame, should the words "cheat" and "liar" also be engraved on his plaque?</commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[This is such a crock, a charade. Who cares if he did drugs? Hey let me clue you in, it's the future. Drugs have been around forever and they enhance everything we do.<br /><br />We should all have better access to drugs for whatever our reasons and break the system that controls our health, our wealth and makes criminals out of ordinary citizens and vilifies extraordinary athletes.]]></commentBody>
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        <display_name>Rance Spergl</display_name>
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        <commentBody>It was clear a long time ago that McGwire used steroids and so my view of his "achievements" has not changed at all now that he's admitted what was clear all along.  He cheated.  The record he broke was tainted and still is tainted.  His performance was enhanced by drugs and that was true and still is true.  He hardly belongs in the Hall of Fame.  That he has finally admitted to cheating doesn't take away the taint from his career numbers.  It simply confirms the justice of the taint.  What he does with the rest of his life is his business and no one else's.  I'm hardly interested in that except to say that he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.</commentBody>
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        <commentBody>Mr. McGwire, we also wish that you didn't play during the Steroid Era.</commentBody>
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        <commentBody>In 1988, at the Seoul Olympics, Ben Johnson won the 100 metres in a World Record time of 9.79 seconds. When it was revealed that he'd taken steroids he was stripped of his medal and the record was cancelled. Mark McGwire is just as much a cheat and a fraud and his breaking Maris' record is a sham that must be erased from the books if Major League Baseball is ever again to be considered credible or legitimate. </commentBody>
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        <commentBody>He's a cheater.  I feel sorry for his kids.</commentBody>
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        <commentBody>McGwire helped save baseball in 1998. Great guy, a human.  You people bashing him are nuts. </commentBody>
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        <commentBody>I will never visit the hall of fame until Pete Rose gets inducted , , ,</commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[I don't feel the least bit sorry for McGwire.<br />I'm disgusted.<br />He knew what the rules were.<br />According to a report in the Washington Post today, the chairman of the Congressional House Government Reform Committee, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) got the truth out of him in 2005, just before he sat down to testify under oath.<br />During his testimony, McGwire carefully sidled past a clear answer to the question of his use of steroids and barely evaded perjury.<br />So, the sleazy story of this secret has been out since 2005, at least.<br />He's not a little bit pregnant; he didn't speed less than 5 miles over the speed limit.<br />He broke the rules which were very, very clear.<br />I don't care whether it's gambling or steroids, or whatever, either the rules are going to have teeth or they are just words on a piece of paper and the sport is sliding down into the sleazy world of "professional" wrestling -- just another acting game, no real endeavor, no real competition on an even field.<br />Just like Pete Rose, Mark McGwire should be banned from the game permanently, especially for dragging this charade out for so many years.<br />He should be stripped of any records (no asterisks), as should Sosa.<br />The game of baseball is known as "America's Pastime."<br />It doesn't need to be sullied this way.<br />If the Olympic Committee can strip away gold medals, it shouldn't be any problem for professional baseball to do the same.]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[McGuire has said that no pill or injection could benefit "hand-eye" coordination. So why keep the lies going all this time? He lied, and wants to be forgiven. He lied to his family, friends and fans. What message does that tell? Keep the lie going, but when you do come clean things will be ok? NO! He ruined a magical year (1998). Instead of that year being the season that got fans back into the game, it's the year that made the world aware of steroids.<br /><br />]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[When does Jose Canseco get an apology from both McGwire and Tony Larussa and the Oakland coaches. They all impugned Canseco's integrity to defend McGwire's. So McGwire lies and gets a job in baseball, Canseco tells the truth and is ostracized. That tells you a lot about how much Selig and these guys value the "integrity of the game."<br /><br />The "steroid era" may be over, but there is no test for Human Growth Hormone, so the "juicing era" likely isn't. Even if Selig and company have put their heads back in the sand.]]></commentBody>
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        <commentBody><![CDATA[I was 15 years old when Mark was a rookie and he blasted 49 home runs.  I attended may A's games in which I saw Mark hit LINE DRIVES over the fence.  Mark was my favorite player, and I was amazed by his talent.  Then he left Oakland, and everything changed.<br /><br />I feel for Mark as a human being, but as a former fan, I feel cheated.  It it because of players like Mark that I no longer watch baseball, and have an overall disdain for professional athletes.  As many other have said, I think his records should be nullified, and he should not be voted into the hall.<br /><br />Having said all of this, let us remember that we all make mistakes.  We have all done wrong at various points in our lives.  I know of no one that is without sin and regret.  Mark was a great player, hands down.  It's a shame that he ruined his otherwise good name by cheating, but what's done is done.  I hope that by admitting to his usage, Mark can begin to forgive himself, and move on with his life.]]></commentBody>
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